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Posted by Dr Andus
May 28, 2019 at 11:11 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
>Dynalist FAQ says
>
>“Where is my data hosted? Your data is hosted on DigitalOcean in the
>United States, where the file attachments you upload are hosted on AWS
>provided by Amazon.”
Sounds like Dynalist are thinking of migrating the service (and the data) from DigitalOcean:
>In all likelihood, a migration will be required as we are disappointed with the current product offering and support from DigitalOcean.
https://talk.dynalist.io/t/2019-05-22-dynalist-outage-post-mortem/4872
Posted by jaslar
May 30, 2019 at 01:34 PM
>Bill wrote
>>DynaList
>
>I’ve experimented with DynaList recently and like much about it. Many
>shortcomings though: I cannot see how to split a document. When a list
>of checkboxes has numerous finished items cannot easily hide them.
>Tags autocomplete is good, but the app only remembers tags in the
>current document—doesn’t offer autocomplete suggestions from a
>universal app-wide list of tags, defeating the purpose of autocomplete.
> DynaList support isn’t. They never respond to questions (including
>ignoring most of what users write in their forum).
I just tested the process of splitting a file.
1. Create new doc.
2. Go to a spot where you want to split it
3. Add a new top header (with everything else subordinate below it)
4. DRAG the new header to the left panel.
Et voila! A new, split doc!
Posted by jaslar
May 30, 2019 at 01:40 PM
I use the “Move to” command, which allows me to file completed items. But it’s one at a time. Dynalist needs mark and gather.
MadaboutDana wrote:
@stephen
>
>Wow, I didn’t know it could import documents - thanks for the tip.
>Thanks also for the tip about universal tagging!
>
>@paul
>
>I use a top-level item labelled “Archive”, into which I drag and drop
>all completed tasks. Okay, it’s slightly tedious to do that, but it also
>acts as a kind of overview/mopping-up operation that reminds me of stuff
>I might have overlooked, etc. Another option is to create an archive
>subitem under each major heading (I’ve also used that approach in other
>outliners). It would be good to have a “disappear” option for completed
>items, but hey, I’m sure they’ll get around to it.
Posted by avernet
Jun 11, 2019 at 05:56 PM
Beck wrote:
>I’ve modified my practice to consolidate some lists I was managing in OF
>so that they are a single item with an OmniOutliner file linked in the
>notes.
Thank you for the update, Beck; so I gather you’ve started moving some of your notes out of OmniFocus and into OmniOutliner. I’m curious to learn if you find a way to make that work. In the past, I’ve found that having things related to a project in 2 systems (next actions in OmniFocus and “notes” in OmniOutliner) added too much friction for me. But keeping everything in one system has its challenges as well, and I’m not sure OmniFocus is appropriate for that.
And some reading this might be interested in Beck’s “Learn OmniFocus LIVE” session (too bad it’s member-only!).
https://learnomnifocus.com/live/2019-06-19-omnifocus-3-workflows-with-beck-tench/
‑Alex
Posted by Beck
Jun 17, 2019 at 03:32 AM
Alessandro Vernet wrote:
>Thank you for the update, Beck; so I gather you’ve started moving some
>of your notes out of OmniFocus and into OmniOutliner. I’m curious to
>learn if you find a way to make that work.
Hi Alex - I have sort of found myself a little bit in between the two. For my someday/maybe projects, I’ve been keeping an OO file with my thoughts. This keeps that list tidy and out of my way. When a someday/maybe idea is ready to become a project, I reference the OO file and create an OF project out of it (but when I recently did this, I didn’t find copy and paste was an adequate solution—I came up with a custom project structure inside OF and made new tasks based on the lists I’d created in OO).
I’ve been making lots and lots of notes in OF (but only for active projects). I tag them “Note to Self” and have that tag paused so these notes don’t come up in perspective views. It’s not perfect, but it’s also really helping. For example, over the last several months, I’ve created dozens of “notes to self” for a class I’m teaching this summer. When I went to create the syllabus, I had all those notes ready for me. I found it really helpful and am 100% sure the class is better for OF serving as my memory for ideas and inspirations I’d otherwise have forgotten.
>And some reading this might be interested in Beck’s “Learn OmniFocus
>LIVE” session (too bad it’s member-only!).
I think this will be fun! I do believe the video will be available for everyone after some members-only time period.
Beck